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moomoochoo: Sounds like he was actually doing his job.

right.

he tried to cut drastically things like basic R&D expenses so that the company's profits and executive compensation rise in the short run (a few years) .

stereotypical gaijin management.

Sasoriza：Japanese style of global management.　This is an oxymoron.

Are Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui &co., etc. global companies? Of course they are. Most sophiscated global companies emplying thousands of foreigners all over the world.

Do they employ some gaijin as their top executives? Of course, no.

tmarieOct. 14:Be prepared to see Olympus go down, down, down

actually, Olympus has been already going down, down, down since they bought Gyrus (UK-based medical equipment maker). (I guess this british guy was deeply involved in the Gyrus purchase).

and, as T_rexmaxytime points out, Olympus already dominates the world market share in such fields as most sophiscated endoscopic. as i wrote in my previous post, their current problem probably stems from the purchase of that UK medical equipment maker.

T_rexmaxytime:　And this English man seems like an idiot not trying to understand that already existence way unlike the CEO of Sony.

and, under that British/American top executive, Sony's performance has been really horrible over the past several years. even worse at places like Shinsei Bank (under american management/ownership).

and, in the case of Olympus, i suspect their purchase of Gyrus (UK-based medical equipment maker) has been dragging down their performance.

radium onsen is so good for health.

proved by the fact that the 90-year-old lady, who had lived in the house for decades, is still so genki.

hhahahahahaha What a disappointment for you http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc&k=2011101300753

with all ingredients sourced from outside Japan

then, it's very cheap lunch, isn't it? even a small Fukushima peach cost 150 yen or so.

I feel safer and still prefer Japanese to Chinese food.

it's not just china, but most parts of the world including North America (although chinese food sounds most unappealing)

i wish i could trust foods imported from China, the US, Mexico, etc., and some domestic ones from Fukushima. If so, I would be able to live very, very cheaply, in this rather expensive part of japan.

smithinjapan Same war Japan killed some 10 million across Asia

have you checked the latest figure?

there are some officials/"scholars" in china and a few other places who quadruple this number every few years. 10 million sound too small. Just ask someone in Beijing or San Francisco, and get the latest number. it must be better for your hate/demonise-japa, holier-than-thou, feel-good history.

melguySep. 09, 2011 - 07:06PM JST 　Japan is pioneering a new type of economy - the "post-growth" economy. Many western countries are not far behind

some differences as well. for example, japan was/and still is the world's top creditor nation, with by far the largest NET external assets worth trillions of euro/dollar. on the other hand, the US, UK, and many others are debtor countries borrowing a lot from foreigners to support their economy. (but, Germany, for example, is a creditor nation) so, the actual "post-bubble",/"post-growth" comparison should be more complicated.

Patrick Smash......combined with a stronger (more realistically-priced yen)

so, according to you, japan's actual GDP (based on Patrick Smash's PPP) per capita is by far the highest in the world ( i.e., by far the wealthiest in the world). the shrinking number of japanese would enjoy their huge savings both at home and abroad (by far the largest NET external assets worth trillions of euro/dollar), and they would buy up the best companies, land, products, etc. of the world with a even more stronger yen (more realistically-priced yen according to Patrick Smash) . really rosy!

dear renntiz, you sound like my beloved half-mainlander, half-taiwanese cousin. on the other hand, Lee Teng-hui's writings/atmosphere are reminiscent of my great grandfather/his brothers, born/bred during the japanese era (although, as i wrote earlier, their japanophilia is certainly not so extreme as that of the old "多桑", featured in the film of 吳念真Wu Nien-jen.) there is a generation gap. In some respects, Lee Teng-hui (and the old 「多桑」 generation as a whole) are probably more popular/respected in Japan than in Taiwan. Most japanese, especially traditionalist conservative ones, would be really jubilant if they can ever "borrow" 李登輝, 彭明敏, etc. as their prime minister to head the government in tokyo. with regard to the Senkaku, actually most japanese would not be bothered about occupying or not occupying the island if Taiwan is a truly independent country of the Taiwanese (Republic of Taiwan rather than Republic of China). it's considered a common sense among the japanese that Taiwanese-controlled Taiwan (as distinct from KMT mainlander-controlled Taiwan) would be always the best friend of Japan.

smithinjapan, i am certainly averse to the hate-Japan, holier-than-thou, feel-good "history" publicised by you, KMT mainlanders, etc. but, don't worry, i am not so japanophilic as my great grandparents and all the other (very) old Taiwanese I know, who were born/bred during the Japanese era. unlike them, i also don't hate the KMT mainlanders who killed/tortured/oppressed the taiwanese for the past several decades. (after all, i myself did not experienced the mainlanders' bloody White terror from 1945 to mid-1980s). With regard to your so-called "white-washed Japanese history", i recommend you to read books wrtten by 黄文雄(Huáng Wénxióng), 金美齡（Kim Bí-lêng), 周英明(Zhōu Yīngmíng), etc. (many of them are published in japanese) Oh, also, don't forget books/articles written by former Taiwanese President 李登輝(Lee Teng-hui), the Father of Taiwanese democracy, who overcame the Japanese government/media's intense sabotage against his eventually successful attempt to pay respect to his late brother enshrined in Yasukuni. Not a single japanese historian extol pre-1945 Japan so much as these old taiwanese people, born/bred in pre-1945 Taiwan. Actually, many of these japanophile Taiwanese have been shut out of the mainstream Japanese media, which heavily rely on the korean Pachinko money and mostly hold to the "correct" smithinjapan-type view of the japanese history. it's obvious that japanophilia of old taiwanese are not very convenient for the Japanese "elites" in media, political, economic and scholarly circles. as a result, only the fringe media publish the j-language articles penned by　李登輝、黄文雄、金美齢、etc. , etc.

as a matter of course, i have known the fact that both of them were directed by the same director.

and, as a part Taiwanese myself, i am quite familiar with things Taiwanese, including complicated ethno-national politics and more obviously my great granparents' excessive nostalgia for the Japanese era. (but, even my great grandparents are not so extreme as the stereotypical taiwanese grandad/grandma's japanophilia featured in some films such as 吳念真Wu Nien-jen's 多桑. and their Tanka are not good enough to appear in 台湾万葉集).

jackiengSep. 04, 2011 - 11:25PM JST LOOL! intense nostalgia for their Japanese era? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! ]

just google [ "Cape No.7" nostalgia taiwan japanese ] http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Cape+No.7%22+nostalgia++taiwan+japanese&btnG=Search&hl=en&source=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= or, ["intense nostalgia" taiwan japanese "Cape No.7" ] http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Cape+No.7%22+%22intense+nostalgia%22++taiwan+japanese&btnG=Search&hl=en&source=hp&rlz=1W1GWYH_ja&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= or, just [ taiwan japanese nostalgia ] http://www.google.com/search?q=taiwan+japanese+nostalgia&btnG=Search&hl=en&source=hp&rlz=1R2GWYH_jaJP411&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

feel very sorry to mainlanders in taipei, beijing, etc. but, it seems imposible to deny the truth.

and, i highly doubt the feel-good, hate-japan, holier-than-thou "history" promoted by smithinjapan, KMT mainlanders, etc. would resonate with the non-KMT ordinary Taiwanese. after all, they are the people who love a film like Cape No.7 , which became such a huge hit because it evoked an "intense nostalgia" for their Japanese era, to the great dismay of ruling mainlanders in both taipei and beijing. powerful propaganda machine in taipei may succeed "internationally", but not within taiwan.

know nothing about "Japan Film Board". but if it's anything like Japanese TV industry, it must be half Koreanised due to the financial support of Pachinko money (which inevitably means yakuza connections).

why dose the "Japan Film Board" need to "pass" some kind of propaganda film promoted by KMT mainlanders who control the government/media in Taipei? It's obvious these KMT mainlander magnates have been unhappy with the incredible popularity enjoyed by 海角七號(Cape No. 7) and many other Japanophilic films produced by the Taiwanese.

Nicky WashidaSep. 04, 2011 - 05:06PM JST 　dont see it as anything worse than a typical UK November day here in Tokyo　」

London receives just below 650 millimetres of rainfall per annum. in many places of Wakayama, Mie, Nara, etc., 1,000-1,500 millimetres poured down in just two days

60% of the land mass is covered by mountains

actually, it's about 75% rather than 60%.

sswaySep. 04, 2011 - 04:23PM JST--blah blah blah 　imi fumei.

do you have any idea where fukushima is?

DentShopSep. 04, 2011 - 04:17PM JST Dont live in Mudslideville, ]

nowhere in the world would be safe when1,500 mm of rain fall in a span of 50 hours.

DentShopSep. 04, 2011 - 04:00PM JST died doing things that could be deemed dangerous, like surfing, being too close to swollen rivers in the dark, trying to repair roofs at night...

or rather, by just staying in a very solid concrete building in a mountain village of Nara just try to imagine how the situation would be if 1,500 mm of rain fell in your native town in a span of two days.

yeah. 1,000-1,500 mm of rain pouring down on mountain villages in a span of two days. not dangerous at all, apparently.

hoserfellaSep. 04, 2011 - 10:08AM Absolutely right. It IS preventable for those with common sense to anticipate landslides at the base of a mountain after a lot of rain.

just try to imagine how the situation would be if more than1,000 mm of rain fell in your native town in a span of two days

Christina, as i wrote before you, it is a ludicrous propaganda. many korean people, who smuggled into japan illegally after their independence, had no problem acquiring the privilaged "special" permanent resident status for koreans, and then getting Japanese citizenship without changing their name. 韓昌祐, who built the Maruhan pachinko empire, is just one of the most well-known examples.

BlueWitchAug. 28, 2011 - 08:36AM JST [Its the government that wants that. I know of no other country that requires a name change to become a citizen. In many ways Japan plays at being a member of the international community, but in many ways it refuses to join. Names are part of people's family history, thus why Alberto Fujimori did not change his name to Fuentez when he became a citizen of Peru.] Outrageous!! ]

ludicrous propaganda. i acutually know many ethnic koreans who did NOT change their name when they obtained japanese citizenship. for example, owner of Maruhan, pachinko empire headquartered in kyoto, is still 韓昌祐. (He is typical in that he smuggled into japan illegally shortly after the korean independence, then acqiried privilaged "special" permanent resident status as an ethnic korean, and eventually decided to obtain the citizenship. unlike many others, he just chose to use the same korean name.) http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%93%E6%98%8C%E7%A5%90 owner of softbank also didn't change his name. many, many examples.